15-16 Aberdeen Teeners split twin bill

July 28, 2007|By American News Sports Staff

Justin Heier pitched a six-hitter as the Aberdeen 15-16 Teeners bounced back from a first-game loss to earn a split with Brookings on Friday at Fossum Field. The hosts won the nightcap 10-1 after dropping a 10-7 decision in the first game. Jared Hannigan led a 14-hit attack in game two, with a triple among his four hits. Four others added two hits each to support the pitching of Heier, who walked none. Matt Field was the star of game one for Brookings, collecting five of his team's 14 hits. He finished the day 7-for-8 at the plate. Josh Tiedeman added three hits for Brookings, which jumped out to a 6-0 lead. Aberdeen rallied to tie the game at six, but was outscored 4-1 the rest of the way. Evan Jordre had a two-run double as part of Aberdeen's five-run second inning. Aberdeen's Christian Cox had a hit in each game to extend his hitting streak to 16 games. Aberdeen (28-10) will begin post-season play on Friday as it hosts the Region 4AA tournament at Fossum Field. The first day of games has Aberdeen facing Huron “A” at 2:30 p.m., Pierre vs. Huron “A” at 5 p.m. and Aberdeen vs. Pierre at 7:30 p.m. Brookings 510 022 0-10 14 4 Aberdeen 15-16 051 001 0- 7 6 5 Ryan Jorgenson and Kevin Hendrickx; Brendon Hoellein, Jared Hannigan (4), Derek Johnson (7) and Brian Doerr. 2B - Brookings, Matt Field, Skylar Livingston, Zach Thomas; Aberdeen, Evan Jordre, Hannigan, Doerr. Brookings 000 100 0- 1 6 0 Aberdeen 15-16 203 041 x-10 14 2 Andy Lee, Tyler Palmer (6) and Hendrickx; Justin Heier and Jordre. 2B - Brookings, Field. 3B - Aberdeen, Hannigan, Jordre, Taylor Morsching.